Abstract
This essay reviews the following works: ?Quienes deciden la politica social? Economia politica de programas sociales en America Latina. Edited by Alejandro Bonvecchi, Julia Johannsen, and Carlos Scartascini. Washington, DC: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 2015. Pp. xx + 200. Digital open access. ISBN: 9781597822190. Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America: The Quiet Transformation. By Ana Lorena De La O. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. ix + 175. $84.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9781107089488. Sistemas politicos y bienestar social: Estudios comparados: Brasil, Colombia y Venezuela (2000–2010). By Augusto De Venanzi. Almagro: Editorial Biblioteca Nueva, 2015. Pp. 238. $22.99 paperback. ISBN: 9788416345144. The Political Logic of Poverty Relief: Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico. By Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Federico Estevez, and Beatriz Magaloni. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xvi + 236. $99.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9781107140288. Social Policy Expansion in Latin America. By Candelaria Garay. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 256. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781316606407. Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America. By Alisha C. Holland. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 398. $35.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781316626351. The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas, and Architectures. By Juliana Martinez Franzoni and Diego Sanchez-Ancochea. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 256. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781107564893.
Highlights
The Political Logic of Poverty Relief: Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico
Few things seem as directly meaningful as whether our children live to adulthood, whether we can feed our families, get medical care when seriously ill, and sleep in conditions of basic dignity
Over the last quarter century, these conditions have undoubtedly improved for most of the approximately 650 million people who live in Latin America
Summary
This essay reviews the following works: ¿Quienes deciden la política social? Economía política de programas sociales en América Latina. Four of the books—The Political Logic of Poverty Relief, by Díaz-Cayeros, Estévez, and Magaloni; Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America, by Ana De La O; Social Policy Expansion in Latin America, by Candelaria Garay; and Forbearance as Redistribution, by Alisha C. Holland examines an area that has been neglected in welfare policy research in Latin America: in the absence of formal access, the informal (and illegal) securing by the poor of two of the most basic material needs: housing and employment. These legal violations “function as a means of securing basic welfare” (27). She examines the mechanisms that make it difficult for governments to get out of what she calls the “forbearance trap” and the conditions under which they are able to move to more institutional policies and more consistent enforcement of laws
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